The Nairobi Hospital has addressed patients after eight major insurers suspended services due to a recent price increase. This suspension, effective for most clients on August 11 or August 12, means insured individuals cannot access services at the facility.

• Eight major insurers, including Old Mutual, suspended services.
• General Manager for Health Business at Old Mutual, Ken Omami, announced their suspension from August 12.
• The hospital's CEO, Felix Osano, stated that "constructive meetings are currently underway" and a consultative forum is scheduled for August 11 and August 12, 2025.

Nairobi Hospital has initiated talks with medical insurance companies to resolve a dispute over new treatment tariffs that led at least nine insurers to suspend services at the facility.

• Consultative meetings are underway to address concerns raised by insurers over revised charges, culminating in a joint forum on Monday, August 11.
• Felix Osano, CEO of Nairobi Hospital, stated that tariff adjustments are necessary to maintain high healthcare standards.
• The dispute had left many patients facing out-of-pocket payments or seeking care elsewhere.

Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale is under fire from the Rural & Urban Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (RUPHA) after a confrontation with a journalist regarding a Ksh32 billion Social Health Authority (SHA) deficit.

• RUPHA accuses CS Duale of failing to account for Ksh32 billion in SHA disbursements to private hospitals.
• The controversy stems from a recent exchange where CS Duale deflected questions from a Nation Media journalist, instead criticizing the media house.
• RUPHA claims SHA collected only Ksh56 billion in 9 months to July, while incurring Ksh89 billion in claims, leaving it in the red by Ksh32 billion and deeming it "financially unsustainable."